This one is real - not Photoshopped - as explained by the craftsman's son in a discussion thread at Reddit. It was featured in a JLC magazine article in 2005; the post is hand-carved from mahogany and modeled after a tropical strangler fig tree. Carving and installing the handrail required 800 man-hours.
Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteGaudi would have loved this!
ReplyDelete800 hours?? It's gorgeous but I'd be ashamed to take that much time on something.
ReplyDeleteto bad he did not save time to get the light switches level
ReplyDeletewas he paid by the hour at Journeyman's rates? or was it billed to the taxpayers on a congresmans house?
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